Lynx 82-76 Sparks (30 Jul, 2015) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

3-14, 0-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	15	20	21	20	76
MIN	22	21	21	18	82

Minnesota Lynx

13-4, 7-2 home

Candace Parker blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 16-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 13-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Maya Moore misses 12-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses 6-foot jumper
Anna Cruz misses 18-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
Rebekkah Brunson misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses jumper
Renee Montgomery makes layup (Anna Cruz assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore makes 12-foot two point shot
Asjha Jones makes 17-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Asjha Jones assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 4-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Asjha Jones makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes 16-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot jumper (Devereaux Peters assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 13-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Maya Moore misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Asjha Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
Asjha Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
Anna Cruz makes driving layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Anna Cruz assists)
Maya Moore misses 8-foot jumper
Asjha Jones makes 14-foot jumper (Anna Cruz assists)
Maya Moore misses layup
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper
Asjha Jones misses jumper
Maya Moore misses driving layup
Rebekkah Brunson misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 22-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses 9-foot Regular Jump Shot
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Anna Cruz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
Asjha Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Asjha Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
Alana Beard blocks Anna Cruz 's 13-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses 14-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
Devereaux Peters misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes technical free throw
Lindsay Whalen makes two point shot
Maya Moore makes three point jumper
Devereaux Peters makes 14-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes 15-foot jumper (Anna Cruz assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Jantel Lavender blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 6-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Lindsay Whalen makes 15-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anna Cruz misses 19-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes driving layup
Maya Moore misses 18-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes driving layup (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Maya Moore makes 7-foot two point shot (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Jantel Lavender makes 20-foot jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Alana Beard makes jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Alana Beard makes driving layup
Rebekkah Brunson blocks Kristi Toliver 's 2-foot layup
Alana Beard misses layup
Jantel Lavender misses 5-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 19-foot jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Jantel Lavender assists)
Kristi Toliver misses 21-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender misses jumper
Jantel Lavender makes 15-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Marianna Tolo misses 5-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver makes 22-foot three point jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marianna Tolo makes 19-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Ana Dabovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Candace Parker misses 5-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver makes 19-foot jumper (Alana Beard assists)
Crystal Bradford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Crystal Bradford misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candace Parker makes layup (Crystal Bradford assists)
Ana Dabovic makes free throw 1 of 2
Ana Dabovic misses free throw 2 of 2
Jantel Lavender misses 18-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver makes 22-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Kristi Toliver misses three point jumper
Alana Beard makes driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
Alana Beard misses 14-foot jumper
Candace Parker misses layup
Jantel Lavender makes layup
Candace Parker misses 4-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver makes jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Alana Beard makes driving layup (Candace Parker assists)
Candace Parker makes 20-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender makes 18-foot jumper (Alana Beard assists)
Candace Parker makes 6-foot two point shot
Jantel Lavender makes 17-foot jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Temeka Johnson misses 16-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender makes 22-foot three point jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Temeka Johnson assists)
Jantel Lavender makes 14-foot jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Kristi Toliver misses 22-foot three point jumper
Candace Parker misses 54-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Ana Dabovic assists)
Ana Dabovic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Kristi Toliver makes 21-foot jumper
Ana Dabovic makes 10-foot jumper
Candace Parker makes 17-foot jumper (Ana Dabovic assists)
Ana Dabovic makes driving layup
Ana Dabovic misses 16-foot jumper
Ana Dabovic misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2
Kristi Toliver misses jumper
Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
Kristi Toliver misses 15-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike misses jumper
Ana Dabovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)

SPARKS

LYNX

TIME		LA	MIN
10:00	Jantel Lavender vs. Sylvia Fowles (Nneka Ogwumike gains possession)	0	0
9:37	Jantel Lavender makes 20-foot jumper (Candace Parker assists)	2	0
9:15	Sylvia Fowles bad pass	2	0
9:00	Alana Beard makes jumper (Candace Parker assists)	4	0
8:37	Candace Parker blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 16-foot jumper	4	0
8:36	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	4	0
8:26	Alana Beard makes driving layup	6	0
8:17	Rebekkah Brunson lost ball turnover (Kristi Toliver steals)	6	0
8:08	Sylvia Fowles personal foul (Jantel Lavender draws the foul)	6	0
8:00	Rebekkah Brunson blocks Kristi Toliver 's 2-foot layup	6	0
7:58	Anna Cruz defensive rebound	6	0
7:52	Lindsay Whalen misses 13-foot jumper	6	0
7:50	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	6	0
7:50	Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot	6	2
7:33	Alana Beard bad pass (Rebekkah Brunson steals)	6	2
7:33	Rebekkah Brunson steps out of bounds turnover	6	2
7:18	Kristi Toliver lost ball turnover (Rebekkah Brunson steals)	6	2
7:18	Kristi Toliver loose ball foul (Anna Cruz draws the foul)	6	2
7:01	Alana Beard personal foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	6	2
6:48	Maya Moore misses 12-foot jumper	6	2
6:46	Maya Moore offensive rebound	6	2
6:43	Sylvia Fowles misses 6-foot jumper	6	2
6:39	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	6	2
6:31	Alana Beard misses layup	6	2
6:30	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	6	2
6:18	Anna Cruz misses 18-foot jumper	6	2
6:16	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	6	2
6:03	Jantel Lavender misses 5-foot jumper	6	2
6:01	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	6	2
5:52	Alana Beard personal foul (Anna Cruz draws the foul)	6	2
5:52	Renee Montgomery enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	6	2
5:52	Asjha Jones enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	6	2
5:52	Temeka Johnson enters the game for Alana Beard	6	2
5:48	Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	6	4
5:33	Kristi Toliver misses 19-foot jumper	6	4
5:31	Minnesota defensive team rebound	6	4
5:16	Maya Moore makes layup	6	6
5:16	Nneka Ogwumike shooting foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	6	6
5:16	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1	6	7
5:03	Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Jantel Lavender assists)	8	7
4:43	Rebekkah Brunson misses 17-foot jumper	8	7
4:41	Maya Moore offensive rebound	8	7
4:39	Maya Moore misses jumper	8	7
4:37	Los Angeles defensive team rebound	8	7
4:37	Full timeout	8	7
4:37	Marianna Tolo enters the game for Candace Parker	8	7
4:15	Kristi Toliver misses 21-foot jumper	8	7
4:13	Anna Cruz defensive rebound	8	7
4:09	Renee Montgomery makes layup (Anna Cruz assists)	8	9
4:01	Jantel Lavender misses jumper	8	9
4:00	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	8	9
3:43	Marianna Tolo shooting foul (Rebekkah Brunson draws the foul)	8	9
3:43	Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2	8	10
3:43	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Anna Cruz	8	10
3:43	Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2	8	10
3:42	Los Angeles defensive team rebound	8	10
3:42	Asjha Jones loose ball foul (Jantel Lavender draws the foul)	8	10
3:34	Renee Montgomery personal foul (Temeka Johnson draws the foul)	8	10
3:16	Jantel Lavender makes 15-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)	10	10
2:57	Maya Moore makes 12-foot two point shot	10	12
2:38	Marianna Tolo misses 5-foot jumper	10	12
2:35	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	10	12
2:26	Asjha Jones makes 17-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	10	14
2:03	Kristi Toliver makes 22-foot three point jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)	13	14
1:44	Lindsay Whalen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Asjha Jones assists)	13	17
1:24	Kristi Toliver bad pass	13	17
1:24	Candace Parker enters the game for Jantel Lavender	13	17
1:24	Ana Dabovic enters the game for Kristi Toliver	13	17
1:24	Sylvia Fowles enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	13	17
1:13	Lindsay Whalen makes 4-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)	13	19
58.0	Temeka Johnson bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	13	19
51.0	Lindsay Whalen bad pass	13	19
34.0	Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper	13	19
33.0	Maya Moore defensive rebound	13	19
30.0	Marianna Tolo shooting foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	13	19
30.0	Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 2	13	19
30.0	Minnesota offensive team rebound	13	19
30.0	Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	13	20
9.0	Marianna Tolo makes 19-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)	15	20
2.0	Asjha Jones makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	15	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	22

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Lynx
67
Sparks
52

Game 1

17/6

Sparks
76
Lynx
82

Game 2

30/7

Lynx
61
Sparks
83

Game 3

5/8

Sparks
64
Lynx
72

Game 4

10/8

Target Center

1:00 AM, 30 July 2015

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 8,913

Referees:
Tom Mauer
Daryl Humphrey
Maj Forsberg

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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